Fisheries

Stella Maris demands faster slavery prosecutions

2024-08-28T10:26:00

BBC Slavery At Sea documentary still

Source: BBC Scotland

Maritime welfare charity Stella Maris is calling for swifter prosecution of rogue fishing companies following a BBC exposé revealing modern-day slavery aboard vessels operating in UK waters

The BBC One Scotland documentary, Slavery at Sea, accuses Scottish company TN Trawlers of engaging in modern-day slavery and human trafficking. The documentary features interviews with several former workers who detailed their harrowing experiences aboard TN Trawlers’ ships.

Between 2012 and 2020, the UK Home Office identified 35 individuals from the Philippines, Ghana, India, and Sri Lanka as victims of modern slavery, having worked for TN Trawlers, which is owned by the Nicholson family and based in Annan, Scotland.

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